coo
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McCain also tried to extract sentimental details about the passionate romance between the Vances, for her audience to coo over.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2025
Shelly, who speaks in a heightened version of Anderson’s breathy coo, is a fellow Francophile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
If at all possible, you should live in a place where you don't have to constantly be looking over your shoulder in fear while you coo at the baby.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
They coo and fuss over the infant, swap feeding and nappy-changing duties, and take turns to stay with him so one of them can get some sleep.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2023
She joined me, kneeling next to Victor, and started to coo, whispering that he should let us call the paramedics, brushing his hair back lightly.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
In one of their most popular videos, the pair coos to the camera.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Grimes’ filtered coos and hushed vocals approximate cybernetic birdsong.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025
Leon coos in a knowing tone — it was an early call time today, in a couple years of early call times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2024
“Daddy’s taking movies again,” coos Nicole, who met Simpson when she was 18, as she cuddles her infant child on the beach.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
“This is insane,” coos a male voice on my right.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
As the vet administered the euthanasia that ended Cosmo’s suffering, I cooed to him Queen’s “You’re My Best Friend” until his paws didn’t flutter anymore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
As she peeled one away and put forward the next, she cooed about the baby: so beautiful, so healthy.
From Slate ● May 2, 2025
They would be chops in less than a year, and Ms. Mahoney cooed to them between my questions.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
Then, while French pigeons cooed outside and strong coffee brewed on the Moka pot, we sat down and ate.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2023
“That’s right, dear one,” Aunt Miss Trotter cooed.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
“Nah,” I thought, as I watched the cooing baby in my arms.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2025
Usually it plays out as a cute moment, the assembled gaggle cooing awwww at the exchange as the queried party answers far more effusively than they do for their daily adult nemeses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
McVay making faces and cooing baby talk on a video call.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
Lipa wonders amid cooing backup vocals, and she goes on to rap, “Another girl falls in love/Another girl leaves the club.”
From New York Times ● May 3, 2024
All of a sudden, I hear something cooing.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
